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Jun 15, 2026
Friday, March 27, 2026
When I waded into the Florida humidity, Mom and Mimi were waiting for me at curbside pickup, three hours after the worst airport security I’d ever...
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May 25, 2026
The 82-year-old actor and writer Wallace Shawn is spending a lot of time in Dimes Square. He loves it. On a recent Friday afternoon, he wanders through Metrograph in a state of...
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May 6, 2026
If the woman in monogrammed Chanel acid-wash jeans standing on the Regal Times Square escalator had stayed to the right to let me walk past, I might not have missed the first ten...
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Apr 29, 2026
In a cafe in the Financial District in April, I make an asinine proclamation along the lines of, “I like books.” That’s cool, my coffee date obliges. Do I know,...
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Mar 11, 2026
In the opening beats of The Bride!, the second feature written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal, the ghost of Mary Shelley (Jessie Buckley) mutters to herself from some dark...
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Jan 14, 2026
Goose bumps light up my body. Skin nerve cells fire signals directly to my brain, bypassing the analytical mind. The hypothalamus dumps the oxytocin, inhibiting fear and lowering...